Improvement in fire-place stoves



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Fire-Place Stove. No. 109,022. Patented Nov. 8 1870.

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P. KLO'TZ Fire-Place 'Stove.

Patented Nov. 8,1870.

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PHILIP KL'OTZ, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.*

Letters PatentNo, 109,022, dated November 8, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN FIRE-PLACE STOVES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, PHILIP KLOTZ, of the cityand county of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certainImprovements in Fire-Place Stoves; and I do hereby. declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing making part of this specification,in whichv Figure 1, plate 1, is a front view of my improved fire-placestove, arranged in a fire-place.

Figure 2, plate 2, is a section taken centrally and vertically throughfig. 1 from front to rear.

Figure 3, plate 2, is a top view of the stove. I

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

This invention relates to certain novel improvements on fire-placestoves which are provided with fuel-supply reservoirs.

'Prior to my present invention, stoves of this class were constructedwith feed-openings, through which fuel was supplied to the reservoirsthrough the front vertical sides of the uppermost sections, which latterwere no higher than the fireplaces into which these stoves werepartlyreceived. The objection to the side openings is, that very littlevertical space could be pro-.

vided within the limit of an ordinary fire-place for conraining coal, asthe fuel-reservoirs were necessarily Every short, and could not befilled with coal. An improvement was subsequently made, which in ameasure removed the above-named objection, and allowed a largequantityof fuel to. be conveniently introduced into stoves of the same.vertlcal height as the old feeding-stoves. This improvement consistedin making the feed-passage directly through the top plate of thestove,'aud omitting the old side passage.

The nature of my inventionand improvement consists in the addition tothe top section of a fire-place stove, as hitherto constructed, ofauothersection, which is extended above that'portion of the stoveinclosed in the fire-place, and provided with a fuel feed-opening, andalso with an extension of the fuel-magazihe,as will be hereinafterexplained.

' To enable others skilled in the art to understand my invention, I willdescribe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawing- A A A represent the mantel-piece andmantel-shelf,

and

. B represents the fire-board, which latter incloses in the fire-placeall that portion of the stove which is not exposed beyond the front ofthe mantel.

0 is an open-work ornamented cap, which covers the topmost section D ofthe stove, and which may be applied movably or permanently to thefire-board B, or to the said top section. This cap 0 serves as anornament to the stove, and does not prevent the free escape of any heatrisingfrom the top of the section;

The section D is-semi-cylinclrical; thatis tosay, it only occupies abouthalf the horizontal area of the succeeding lower section E, which lattermay extend nearly-up to the top of the fire-place. The section D isconstructed upon, and rises verticallyfrom, the front exposed half orpart of the section E, thus extending above the fire-place in front ofthe mantel. V

Beneath the top section D is the full section E, and beneath this is thefire-chamber section H, which two sections are more or less containedwithin the fireplace.

Beneath the section H is the fire-pot 11, which is hidden from view bythe front open-work K, and which is mounted upon the hollow base sectionM.

From the upper part of the section E fines, F F, extend down and formcommunications with the hollow fine-box L; and from the back of thissection E a short fine, 12, forms a communication with the mainexitrflue I, which rises vertically from the back part of the flue-boxL, as shown in fig. 2.

A damper, (l, which is opened from the front of the stove by means ofrods, 9 g, is intended to afford a direct draught, when open from theinterior of the stove to the exit-flue P.

The main portion G of the magazine extends from a point near, the upperend of the section E downward to a proper level above the fire-pot R,and the lower portion may incline backward, as indicated in fig. 2, soas to expose a large amount of fire-surface at the front part of thefire-pot. If desirable, the magazine may be straight.

From the front portion of the top of the main body of the magazine risesa contracted extension, G, which corresponds in form to the form of thetop section I), but which is' somewhat smaller than this section.Thus,.there is a space left between the two walls, which is incommunication with the annular space. between the body of the magazineand the wall of section E, as shown in fig. 2.

An opening, for the supply of fuel to the magazine, is made througlrthefront portions of the section D and the mazazine extension G, whichopening is provided with a door, a, having a flange or cut-01f, aapplied to its inner side, so that when this door is shut it will cut ofall communication bet-weenthe upper end of the magazine and the spacebetween the parts I) and G. When the door a is opened, there will be acommunication between the interior of the mega-- zine extension G andthe space surrounding it, and by opening damper d a draught will becreated,which will prevent the escape of gas through said feed-openinginto the room.

The door a may be hinged so as to swing open and shut vertically insteadof horizontally.

To the front of the intermediate sectionE a damper, b, may he applied,as shown in figs. 1 and 2.

' The front part of the wall of section H is cut away, and provided withhorizontally and circularly-sliding doors 0 0, having mica windowsin,them. These doors afford the advantage of an open or close fire, asmay be desired.

' Beneath the doors 0 c is a perforated ornamental screen, K, whichhides from view the front of the firepot R, but does not prevent theradiation of heat into the room from this pot; c

- It will be seen, by reference to fig. of thestove isopen below thegrate m. This opening is intended to allow ashes and coals to fallthrongli'a passage into the cellar below, and thus obviate theinconvenience and objections attending the handling of the ashes ashitherto.

NN are water-evaporators, mounted on the tine-box behind the descendingflue-columns F F.

It will be understood from the above description that I have improvedfire piace stoves by the addition of a section or extension to the frontpart of the section E,"'which extension is so constructed as to riseabove the fireplace in frontof the mantel, and thus allow an extensionof the magazine above the section E, without disfiguring the appearanceof the store. I thus greatlyenlarge the magazine vertically, and add toits capacity for receiving fuel. .I provide an effectnal escape for gasinto the main flue when the feeddoor is opened. I render theintrodnctionof f'uelinto the stove more convenient than it is with the top- 2, thatthe base.

feed stoves, and I protect the topmost section of the stove, as well asthe mantel and shelf, from the influence of injurious heat,- as this topsection or extension is further removed from the influence of the heatthan the top sections which do not extend above the level of thetire-places.

l/Vhile I prefer to apply my improvement to fireplace stoves constructedas herein described and shown, I do not confine myself to suchconstruction,

stoves and arrangements of -parts.

Haring described my invention,

7 \Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The addition or section D,'inclosing an extension G of thefuelemagazine, and provided with a front teed-opening; said extensionsbeing made to rise above the level of the fire-place in front of themantel, substantially as described.

2, The flange or cnt-ofi a, applied to the front door of thefeed-opening of the top section D,in combinationwith a space between thewall of this sectionand the wall of the magazine extension G, wherebywhen said door is shut theinterior of the magazine will not beinfluenced by the draught of the stove, out when said'door is open thedraught of the stove willprevent the escape of gas from the magazineinto the room, substantially as described. 4

PHILIP KLOTZ.

Witnesses:

H. W. Goons,

\VM. H. BAYZAUD.

as the improvement is applicable to other forms of

